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Why So Many Managers Tolerate Poor Performance (and what to do instead)

Let's Grow Leaders

In this article, we address the common reasons so many managers tolerate poor performance, and what to do instead. 6 Reasons Managers Tolerate Poor Performance Here’s a gut check if addressing performance issues is hard for you. One hiring manager actually told me, “Well, Karin, you have very high standards.

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Managing Productivity and Morale

Coaching Tip

Today’s business leaders face myriad challenges as they look for ways to improve return on investment (ROI) while managing resources effectively. As a starting point for the discussion of how best to manage morale and productivity in a corporate setting, it’s useful to go back more than a century.

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Fueling Innovation: How Microsoft Finally Got It Right

Leading Blog

Its market cap is over $2 trillion. Inside the company, morale was at an all-time low. In 2014, when the company’s market capitalization was $380 billion, this Microsoft veteran took over as CEO. By 2019, Microsoft’s market capitalization edged past the $1 trillion mark, making it the world’s most valuable company.

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Understanding and Managing Employee Turnover

HR Digest

Poor management: Employees who feel that they are not supported, heard, or valued by their managers are more likely to leave an organization. Inadequate compensation and benefits: Employees who feel that their pay and benefits do not match their expectations or the market rate are more likely to leave.

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101 Things I Learned in Business School

Leading Blog

B USINESS is not a discipline, but an endeavor made up of disciplines such as accounting, communications, economics, finance, leadership, management, marketing, operations, psychology, sociology, and strategy. Lesson: Moral Hazard. Lesson: The higher one rises in an organization, the more one must be a generalist.

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Top Marketing Tips For Law Firms

Strategy Driven

There have been significant changes in the world of the law of late, as we see more firms ramping up their marketing and business growth activities. The market is much bigger, more competitive and more dynamic than ever before. See our top tips below for some suggestions on how to get your marketing strategy on the right track.

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MOTIVATION AT WORK: How to walk those extra miles as a manager?

HR Digest

Management is nothing more than motivating other people–American automobile executive, Lido Anthony “Lee” Iacocca. What is makes organizations like Apple, Google, Facebook rule the market? The progress of an organization depends on their proper management. Herein lies the role of the manager. Here are a few tips –.